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ls123
Channel Surfer
7 months ago
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Stopped connecting to TV - states P/W is wrong

Broadband works for laptop. Shows excellent when I try to connect, but code says the password is wrong - it isn't. Done repeated resetting, unplugging everything - nothing works. It worked for mon...
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  • ls123's avatar
    ls123
    7 months ago

    I just use a laptop which works fine, just as the TV did for months.

     

    Just found a different password, instead of the admin p/w I use to connect my laptop (and previously the TV) - and it now works!

     

    No idea what stopped it working, or why it needed a different password.

JWS9518's avatar
JWS9518
Roku Guru
7 months ago

Are you using special characters in the password?  Some devices don't like certain characters in the password.  

Also, try having the TV forget the network.

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    ls123
    Channel Surfer
    7 months ago

    Thanks for your reply. No, just letters and numbers.

    Please can you explain 'forget the network'?

    It searches for them.

     

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      JWS9518
      Roku Guru
      7 months ago

      Forgetting the network is a setting usually in the network settings of the TV that erases the old settings that it had before so you can set it up again.  Sometimes the old settings cause issues for some reason or another.

      How old is the TV?

      Depending on the age of the TV/device, it may struggle to connect to a mixed wireless network and/or new security protocols.  If you can, try setting up a guest network with 2.4 GHZ only and WPA2 security.

      Another possibility is that there is a hardware problem in the TV, but if it is seeing the network or other networks, then that is not likely.  Make sure you have the exact password with capitalization and all that.

      • ls123's avatar
        ls123
        Channel Surfer
        7 months ago

        I don't know ehere to find that?

        Less than a year old, and broadband router just over a year old.

        It connected perfectly from new, but just stopped working for no reason.